Gashaw Bimrew Tarekegn
Institute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Studies, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Phone: +251920217180 | Email: gashbimrew@gmail.com

Personal Information
Nationality: Ethiopian | Date of Birth: 02 September 1975 | Passport: EP2391919

Education

• PhD in Environmental Science/Hydro-climatology – University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, 2018
  Thesis: Climate Change and Crop Growing Seasons in the Ethiopian Highlands
• MSc in Meteorology Science – Arbaminch University, Ethiopia, 2009
• BSc in Mathematics – Asmara University, Eritrea, 1990

Certificates

• Climate Change Models for Agricultural Production, Ethiopia, 2012
• Advanced Climate Prediction Training, South Korea, 2012
• Managing Risk in Climate Change, Thailand, 2015
• Crop Models & Remote Sensing, Ethiopia, 2020
• Early Warning System & Integrated Risk Management, USAID

Work Experience

• Lecturer & Researcher – Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia (2020–Present)
  Courses: Agro-meteorology, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, Crop Weather Modeling
• Lecturer – Debark University, Ethiopia (2017–2018)
  Academic Programme Director & Acting VP
• Associate Researcher – Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (2018–2019)
• Lecturer – Wollo University, Ethiopia (2009–2012)
  Academic Quality Director 

Guest Lectures

• University of Hargeisa (2023), University of Juba (2024), Wollo University (2018–2019), Haramaya University (2019–Present), Jimma University and Arbaminch University

Selected Publications

• Tarekegn, G.B., et al. Linking Climate Change with Crop Growing Seasons in NW Ethiopian Highlands. Climate 2023
• Tarekegn, G.B., et al. Evaluation of Past & Future Climate Trends under CMIP6. Water 2021
• Tarekegn, G.B., Changes in Seasonality of Ethiopian Highlands Climate. Atmosphere 2020

Honors & Memberships

• Certificate of Appreciation – Bahir Dar University, 2021
• Member, Ethiopian Meteorological Society (Since 2009)
• Member, Ethiopian Crop Science Society (Since 2010)

Supervision

• Supervised 3 PhD and 22 MSc students in hydrology, climate change adaptation and mitigation and climate change impact studies  on agricultural  

References
Professor Mark Jury, Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico
Email: mark.jury@upr.edu